It was a bittersweet morning for La Cantera Rojiblanca. Chivas U18 made the predictions come true by advancing to the Semifinals of their category after eliminating Xolos, while El Rebaño U14 came up short in their attempt to win the Semifinal Clasico de Mexico and ended their participation in the Clausura 2024. Below, we tell you what happened in each of the games of the morning double bill at the red and white facilities.
How did Chivas U18 do?
Although Xolos de Tijuana was a worthy opponent, who put up a fight until the last minute of the series, the competition's super-leader ended up demonstrating why it was the best team during the Regular Phase and after a 1-1 draw (3-3 overall) in the Quarter-Final Second Leg, the team made it to the Semi-Finals of the Clausura 2024.
Saturday's match was a fierce one, especially when the visitors took the lead at 63' through Emanuel Ley, but at 84' Isaac Martínez scored from the spot for the Rebaño Sagrado to advance to the Final.
Chivas U18s 1-1 Tijuana U18s
(Isaac Martínez at 85')
(Emanuel Ley at 63')
Referee: Luigui Israel Casillas Lupercio.
Field 2 Verde Valle
Lineups:
Chivas U18: 251 David Nungaray, 188 Francisco Méndez, 223 Diego Ochoa, 237 José Gallegos, 62 Brandon Téllez, 235 Isaac Martínez, 236 Juan Uribe, 244 Raúl Nuño, 205 Ariel Castro, 234 Xandor Camacho and 256 Diego Latorre.
D.T. Sergio Pinto.
Tijuana U18: 231 Irwin Zamudio, 235 Sebastián Cervantes, 236 Víctor Barraza, 243 Luis Cebreros, 249 Juan Chavira, 238 Diego Sánchez, 240 Kevin Quezada, 251 Joban González, 254 Germán Padilla, 259 Brandon Ordorica and 241 Emanuel Ley.
Coach Luis Michel.
How did the U14s fare?
El Rebaño imposed conditions and the pace of play during regular time, but were not effective in front of goal to capitalize on the various scoring options they generated and ended up drawing 1-1 against América in the Liga MX U14 Semifinal match. Then, from the 11 penalty kicks, the Rebaño missed two of their shots, while the capital team scored all of them to advance to the Grand Final.
Chivas U14 1-1 America U14
(Milán Argote at 5')
(Roger Benitez at 33')
Referee: Eduardo Luis Juan Gutiérrez
Chivas Gigantera Field 2
PENALTIES:
Chivas U14: OXOOX
America U14: OOOOO-
Lineups:
Chivas U14: 331 Diego Gámez, 335 Dylan Avelar, 344 Johann Rodríguez, 363 André Godinez, 336 Joseph González, 339 Jorge Lewis, 342 Hendrick Castañeda, 352 Santiago Arellano, 357 Ricardo Mireles, 374 Milán Argote and 375 Gerson Gutiérrez.
D.T. Marco Antonio Palacios.
América U14: 332 Mateo Luna, 343 Jorge Muñoz, 348 Miguel Rivera, 349 Adonai Valdez, 350 Ángel Rodríguez, 338 Luis Castañeda, 346 Ricardo González, 347 Luis Ramos, 353 Irwin Suárez, 336 Roger Benitez and 361 Eduardo Sánchez.
Coach Patricio Treviño
